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[Diane Porter <dporter@lisco.com>]

Can anyone tell me where I can get scion wood for Illinois Everbearing? I 
have volunteer mulberries, and I'd love to turn one or two of them into a 
nice tree that we could get good fruit from.

Diane Porter, Fairfield, Iowa



On Jan 12, 2013, at 8:45 AM, Jwlehman@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 1/11/2013 4:58:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> qazingulaza@gmail.com writes:
> 
>> I've planted out about 20 Illinois Everbearing with the hopes of making 
>> wine, but I'm hesitant to plant more until I know if there is an easy way 
>> to 
>> harvest them and also if the birds will even allow me to harvest anything 
>> at all.
>> 
> 
> The big problem with Illinois Everbearing is the long ripening period with 
> low crop yield at any one time making it difficult to collect large enough 
> quantities for processing. The answer has to be a large number of trees. 
> For 
> one thing large enough to feed all the birds as well as collect fruit. 
> Illinois Everbearing is a fantastic fruit. Better than any pure black I've 
> ever 
> tasted and I've tasted many.  
> 
> We collect fruits from our Black Mulberry trees by spreading bed sheets 
> under the trees then using long poles shake the limbs. Then float out the 
> bugs 
> and use. There will still be a little protein in the cobbler, but after 
> cooking who cares.  Mulberry/raspberry cobbler or pie....YUM YUM.
> 
> Oh, we don't pick off the stems. Also don't leave the sheets under the tree 
> very long as they also collect bird droppings. 
> 
> Jerry
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